D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is calling for a change in leadership at the troubled Department of Forensic Sciences.
In letter to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Wednesday evening, Racine wrote, “I do not believe that DFS can be rehabilitated under its current leadership and write to request that you take immediate action to remove DFS leadership.”
Dr. Jenifer Smith, a veteran FBI special agent and DNA expert, has run the District’s crime lab since being appointed to the position by Bowser in 2015.
In recent months, Smith and other senior leaders at the agency have come under intense scrutiny. The lab had its accreditation to perform a wide range of forensic testing revoked last month and remains under criminal investigation over its handling of an error in a ballistics case.
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In blow to NRA, federal judge dismisses group’s bankruptcy case
The judge ruled that the powerful gun lobby declared bankruptcy in an attempt to avoid facing a New York state lawsuit that accuses the organization of fraud and seeks to disband it.
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Advocates for gun violence prevention rejoiced Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case,
ruling that the powerful gun lobby declared bankruptcy in an attempt to
avoid facing a New York state lawsuit that accuses the organization of
fraud and seeks to disband it.
“The court finds, based on the totality of the circumstances, that
NY AG Celebrates As Court Says NRA Can t Declare Bankruptcy, Reorganize in Texas
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Letitia James, the attorney general of New York State, has celebrated a court decision against the National Rifle Association (NRA), the gun manufacturers lobbying group. On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the NRA cannot declare bankruptcy in New York and reorganize in Texas. A judge has ruled in our favor and rejected the @NRA s attempt to claim bankruptcy and reorganize in Texas, James wrote in a Tuesday afternoon tweet. The @NRA does not get to dictate if and where it will answer for its actions, and our case will continue in New York court. No one is above the law.
Two D.C. police officers under investigation for totaling two cruisers in an apparent street race last month have been identified and charged, according to court documents.
Humias Khan, 24, of Northeast, has been charged with three counts of reckless driving, according to the documents. Jerrita Millington, 33, was also hit with three charges of reckless driving.
The cruisers Khan and Millington were driving both Ford Tauruses hit speeds near 50 mph before crashing on Anacostia Avenue around 5 p.m. on April 22. The crash came after Millington turned her cruiser into Khan’s path before reaching the intersection, according to the documents. The crash spun Millington’s cruiser through the intersection, where it then collided with a wooden fence, part of which was destroyed.